FIREWOOD AND TIMBER

9334
LETTER TO K. KH. DANISHEVSKII
Comrade Danishevskii
Copy: Comrade Molotov, Comrade Kiselev.
October 1, 1921

The Central Committee has decided to assign 15 responsible workers to fuel work (firewood work, to be precise) for the three-week campaign.

I would very much urge the comrades undertaking this extremely important work to pay special attention to the following circumstances:

1) verification of how reporting is organized locally (on procurement, delivery of firewood, and transport to stations).

Things stand badly here. The Council of Labor and Defense sees this, but does not know how to help. Comrades observing from below, on the spot, can be of great help to the cause if they study the matter locally with care.

2) methods of theft.

Theft of firewood is highly developed (which is understandable in a devastated, cold peasant country). Bureaucrats and contractors very often cover up theft and conduct it "artistically."

It is extremely important to study from below the methods of deception (by entries in books, by receipts, etc., etc.). In detail—the Council of Labor and Defense has an extreme need for this.

I very much ask all 15 comrades traveling to read this and underline 2 words to me; if necessary, do not refuse to remain on the spot an extra week for thorough study of the matter.

With comm. resp. pref.
Lenin.

2799
RADIOGRAM TO PROVINCIAL ECONOMIC COUNCILS.
EXCERPT FROM INSTRUCTIONS ON CONDUCTING THE FUEL THREE-WEEK CAMPAIGN*/**
October 2, 1921

The beginning of the three-week campaign to be announced from October 1, 1921, granting provincial economic councils the right, in case of mud season, to shift the dates of the three-week campaign within the month of October; however, during the mud season, replacing transport work with intensified procurement.
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Chairman
Lenin.

* Printed from a machine copy. Ed.
** Printed from a machine copy; signature in own hand. Ed.